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Closing eight California prisons could save $1 billion

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SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 29: A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer wears a protective mask as he stands guard at the front gate of San Quentin State Prison on June 29, 2020 in San Quentin, California.

San Quen SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California, which has a declining prison population, could save more than $1 billion by closing eight lockups, the Legislative Analyst’s Office said in a report Thursday.The report said the number of inmates, parolees and juvenile wards is a “major cost driver in spending on the state’s correctional system.”The state budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year includes $13.4 billion for operations.

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